Information about #73040C color

#73040C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #73040C is classified in the Register under the Red Color Family, with Full Saturation and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(115, 4, 12) — 45.1% red, 1.6% green, 4.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 44 / 40 / 55. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength warm red, #73040C leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Japanese Maple (#780109). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Endra (#7B0304) and Red Oxide (#6E0902).

The recipe behind #73040C is rgb(115, 4, 12), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #73040C background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 12.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.8:1. No one has named #73040C so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#73040C color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#73040C color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #73040C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Endra color link
Endra

#7B0304

Red Oxide color link
Red Oxide

#6E0902

Rosewood color link
Rosewood

#65000B

Barn Red color link
Barn Red

#7C0A02

Reddy Brown color link
Reddy Brown

#6E1005

Royal Maroon color link
Royal Maroon

#670E10

UP Maroon color link
UP Maroon

#7B1113

Crovazhan color link
Crovazhan

#7F0B16

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#73040C
  • RGB115, 4, 12
  • CMYK0, 44, 40, 55
  • CSSrgb(115, 4, 12)
  • HSL356°, 93%, 23%
  • HSL Precise355.676°, 93.277%, 23.333%
  • HSV356°, 97%, 45%
  • HSB356°, 97%, 45%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.016
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.047
  • GLSLvec3(0.451, 0.016, 0.047)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.451, 0.016, 0.047, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.451, 0.016, 0.047)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB45.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB1.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB4.7%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID73040C
  • DECIMAL ID7537676
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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